Baby Shower

Kaitlyn threw me a beautiful baby shower this afternoon and it was so fun! She did such a great job on the CUTE decorations and the DELICIOUS food! What a wonderful sister! :) 

It was great to see all the girls that came! Some of them I hadn't seen in SO long - it was VERY nice of them to come!! :) :) I LOVED visiting and catching up with everyone and getting to see people before we leave for San Francisco! :) Thanks to everyone for a wonderful afternoon! :) :) 

Cupcakes by Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn made these cute cupcake toppers!

Love these pink hanging balls!

PINK chocolate dipped strawberries

The spread :)

Me and Nichole loading up :)

There were 4 pregnant girls, each at a different stage. Adri is 17 weeks, Michelle is 20 weeks, I am 23 weeks and Lauren is 29 weeks! Cute! :)

Cute pink candy decorations. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone! I have more pictures to post and more to write about - but that will come later. :) 

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With love,

Bruges Waffles and Frites

Last night we went up to Salt Lake to Bruges Waffles and Frites. It's a cute little place right across from Pioneer Park and it reminded me of being in Bruge, Belguim and drooling over the waffles in the windows and eating frites with mayonaise by the water. I LOVED the real Bruges with the canals and boat rides and cute little shops and this place really took me back there. :)

The weather was beautiful, so everyone was eating outside. :)

Caroline and Jordan looking SO excited 

Delicious waffles 

Bryson got the "Machine Gun" sandwich

My basket of frites

The best part of the night was when the restaurant workers looked over at us and said, "Hey do you guys want some extra food?" Someone hadn't claimed their food, so they gave it to us. It was $40 worth food: 2 of  those "machine gun" sandwiches, a large order of frites, and a strawberry waffle! Bryson and I ate the waffle, Jordan and Caroline bagged the frites to go and we were all too full to even touch the sandwiches. SO, Jordan and Bryson set out on a mission to feed the homeless. Literally.

The loot - all free :)

Our free waffle - delicious!

Bryson and Jordan took the 2 "machine gun "sandwiches and walked across the street to Pioneer Park. They found a homeless man sleeping under a tree and asked him if he would like some food. He gladly accepted. Way to go boys!

Bryson offering the food

The boys walking back, triumphant. 

It was a fun night that seriously made me even MORE ready for summer! 8 1/2 more days of school and then we are off to Colorado!! I can't believe that in 3 weeks we will be moving to San Francisco! :) :) Sooo excited!

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With love,

Whoop there it is!

I SWEAR my belly grew overnight! It didn't look like this on Sunday - but on Monday all of a sudden it was there! Before I was worried that I wasn't big enough and now all of a sudden I am worrying that I am too big for 22 weeks! haha. 

I am SOO happy to know that we will get to meet our little nugget in 19 weeks! We're more than half way there!!

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With love,

Vie en Rose

Kaitlyn and I made this today! We had the idea from here for a while, but never got around to it. Now that I know the "theme" I want for my nursery, we decided on colors and went to work. :) We felt so crafty. 

I think it will look PERFECT with the rest of the nursery decor! :) LOVE LOVE LOVE! Thank you "Auntie K." haha

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With love,

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

I love you...I miss you. 

As I get older, I realize more and more how much I need my mom. I wish more and more I could pick up the phone and call her, that she would be there to be excited for me, laugh with me, cry with me, celebrate with me. I wish...

I am grateful for the short time she was with me. I will forever have the greatest example of a wonderful wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to all. I think daily of how I can become more like my mom, especially now that I am about become a mother myself. 

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With love,

Our baby girl :)

Today was our 20 week ultrasound and we were able to see our little baby girl kicking, wiggling, and flipping all over the place. The lady checked every square inch (all 6 inches from "crown to rump," and 11 ounces of her) of her little body making sure she is growing normally and that she is healthy. We also confirmed my due date and baby girl is growing exactly on schedule ready for a September 19th (or around there) birthday! Can't wait!!

Here are some pictures we were able to bring home with us! :)

A front shot of her face. Looks very skeleton-like, huh? :) You can see her little hands up by her face.

Her hand up by her face in a little fist. This is a shot looking down from the top of her head. The white line down the middle of her head is the line dividing the hemispheres of her brain.

A close up of her little fist.

This is kind of hard to see - but you can see two little feet: heels together, toes apart. :)

This picture (and several others of different angles) confirmed that it is a little girl. She even said, "We can clearly see those '3 little lines' meaning it's a girl!"

Profile picture. Look at the cute little baby nose. It's amazing that you can also see her heart in her chest. 

I think this one is cute. It's another profile, but she was stretching her neck out like she was stretching after a good nap. 

As I sit her typing this, I can feel little tiny kick, kick, kicks! I love that I was able to SEE what she looks like as she makes those tiny kicks. 

How can you love someone SO much who you have never met yet? 

I don't know...but I know that I am in LOVE.
In L-O-V-E! :)

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With love,

Asparagus Does the Body Good

Yesterday at Walmart, Bryson and I saw a GREAT deal on asparagus. We LOVE asparagus and quickly bought some, with no idea how to cook it...but determined to learn! :) So, armed with fresh, perfect asparagus, Granny's delicious lasagna recipe and garlic french bread...we pulled together a delicious Sunday dinner! :) It all turned out (and I quote Bryson on this) "amazing"!

Delicious asparagus ready to go into the oven

Lasagna baking and bubbling in the oven

Smelled delicious. Tasted amazing!

Our little Sunday dinner. Looks small, but OH so good! :)

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With love,

Half Way!

I am 20 weeks, which is HALF WAY! I have an ultrasound appointment on Wednesday and can't WAIT! We get to check to make sure our baby girl is healthy, growing normally and I will be excited to confirm once again that she is actually a she. 

Here's me at 20 weeks. 

This will be my one and ONLY bare belly picture!

I feel like my belly just popped overnight! I went to school on Monday and everyone was saying, "Hey! You look so cute and pregnant now!" :) And my students have all started touching my belly haha. I wore a loose, blousy shirt one day and one of my kids asked, "Did you have your baby last night?" haha. Sweet little 2nd graders...don't quite understand yet. :)

I can feel our little girl kicking a lot now! I will be reading to my kids at school, driving to work, or laying in bed and feel a little kick and it surprises me every time! I love it!

A couple people (meaning literally 2 haha) have noticed that I am pregnant and have come up to me and asked, "When are you due?" or "Are you having a baby?" I love that! I know that this is only the beginning - this is where I start growing, and growing, and growing! :)

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With love,